Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Marner, Groulx, Danford & What’s Next? The Old Prof | February 19, 2026 It might be the Olympic break, but the Toronto Maple Leafs still manage to keep themselves in the headlines. Some of it is coming from Europe, where a couple of…
State of the World the Last Time the Maple Leafs Advanced to the Conference Finals Spencer Lazary | February 19, 2026 It has been a very long time since the Toronto Maple Leafs have advanced to the Conference Finals. In fact, it hasn’t happened since 2002, which was 24 years ago.…
Trusted Pundit Suggests Outrageous Howard for Ekman-Larsson Trade Jesse Courville-Lynch | February 19, 2026 The Edmonton Oilers are expected to be buyers at the 2026 Trade Deadline, and with the recent re-hiring of Paul Coffey as an assistant coach, it has become clear that…
Maple Leafs Calling Up Villeneuve Could Lead to an Opportunity Peter Baracchini | February 19, 2026 The Olympic hockey tournament is nearing an end and players have already begun reporting back to on-ice practice for when the season resumes. The Toronto Maple Leafs got some welcoming…
Insider Predicts Maple Leafs’ Bobby McMann Will be Traded to Oilers at Deadline Spencer Lazary | February 18, 2026 The trade rumours between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers aren’t going away anytime soon. In the latest edition of his ‘NHL trade matchmaker’ series for The Athletic,…
Ranking the Maple Leafs’ Recent Game 7 Losses By Level of Heartbreak Ben Fisher | February 18, 2026 Seven is an unlucky number for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Sure, it hangs from the rafters in honour of two legendary defencemen, King Clancy and Tim Horton, and was also…
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Skinner, Quillan, McMann & Trade Deadline Buzz The Old Prof | February 18, 2026 The Toronto Maple Leafs are in one of those stretches where the season suddenly feels complicated. Injuries are piling up, scoring depth is getting tested, and the trade deadline looms…
Maple Leafs & Kings Could Emerge as Trade Partners After Fiala’s Injury Peter Baracchini | February 17, 2026 Previously, I wrote about how the Toronto Maple Leafs could look to gain an asset in Warren Foegele with the Los Angeles Kings. Especially, in the event that forward Bobby…
How the Maple Leafs’ Shanaplan Went Off the Rails The Old Prof | February 17, 2026 For years, fans in Toronto rolled their eyes at the idea of a grand “Shanaplan.” It became a punchline whenever the Toronto Maple Leafs stumbled in the first round or…
Olympic Criticisms Eerily Familiar for Auston Matthews Andrew Forbes | February 17, 2026 The round robin is done on the men’s side of Olympic hockey competition in Italy and the United States might not have finished first overall, but they did close it…
Who’s Eyeing Simon Benoit? Trade Rumors Heating Up Jim Parsons | February 17, 2026 As the Olympic break gets closer to ending and teams start making real plans ahead of the NHL trade deadline, assume the Toronto Maple Leafs are going to be in…
Lamoriello vs. Dubas: Who Really Made the Better Free-Agent Signing? The Old Prof | February 17, 2026 I always appreciate when readers leave comments at the end of a post. I learn a lot from them, and I almost never push back. Yesterday, though, I wrote about…